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Cooking Guide (continued)
DEFROSTING
Microwaves are an excellent way of defrosting frozen food. Microwaves gently
defrost frozen food in a short period of time. This can be of great advantage, if
unexpected guests suddenly show up.
Frozen poultry must be thoroughly thawed before cooking. Remove any metal
ties and take it out of any wrapping to allow thawed liquid to drain away.
Put the frozen food on a dish without cover. Turn over half way, drain off any
liquid and remove any giblets as soon as possible.
Check the food occasionally to make sure that it does not feel warm.
If smaller and thinner parts of the frozen food start to warm up, they can be shield
by wrapping very small strips of aluminium foil around them during defrosting.
Should poultry start to warm up on the outer surface, stop thawing and allow it to
stand for 20 minutes before continuing.
Leave the fish, meat and poultry to stand in order to complete defrosting. The
standing time for complete defrosting will vary depending on the quantity
defrosted. Please refer to the table below.
Hint:
Flat food defrosts better than thick and smaller quantities need less
time than bigger ones. Remember this hint while freezing and
defrosting food.
For defrosting of frozen food with a temperature of about -18 to - 20 °C, use the
following table as a guide.
All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level (180 W).
Food
Portion
Time
(min.)
Standing
Time
(min.)
Instructions
Meat
Minced beef
Pork steaks
500g
250g
14 - 15
7 - 7½
5 - 20
Place the meat on a flat
ceramic plate.
Shield thinner edges with
aluminium foil.
Turn over after half of
defrosting time!
Poultry
Chicken
pieces
Whole chicken
500 g
(2 pcs)
900g
15 - 16
32 - 34
15 - 40
First, put chicken pieces first
skin-side down, whole
chicken first breast-side-
down on a flat ceramic plate.
Shield the thinner parts like
wings and ends with
aluminium foil. Turn over
after half of defrosting time!
Fish
Fish fillets
250g
(2 pcs)
400g
(4 pcs)
7 - 8
12 - 13
5 - 20
Put frozen fish in the middle
of a flat ceramic plate.
Arrange the thinner parts
under the thicker parts.
Shield narrow ends with
aluminium foil.
Turn over after half of
defrosting time!
Fruits
Berries
250g
7 - 8
5 - 10
Distribute fruits on a flat,
round glass dish (with a
large diameter).
Bread
Bread rolls
(each ca. 50 g)
Toast/
Sandwich
German bread
(wheat + rye
flour)
2 pcs
4 pcs
250g
500g
1½ - 2
3 - 4
4 - 5
8 - 10
5 - 10
Arrange rolls in a circle or
bread horizontally on kitchen
paper in the middle of
turntable.
Turn over after half of
defrosting time!
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